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MONDAY • 25 MAY 2026 • ISSUE 992 • ELECTION EDITION
ELECTION 2026
Labour and Nationalist parties flex
muscles in Sunday mass meetings
IT was a throwback to 2013 with large
crowds coming together to support their
party and leader. Labour chose for the
very first time a soccer stadium and the
Nationalist Party went to their heartland
in Sliema. The Labour mass meeting was
flashy and supported by big screens set up
in the Victor Tedesco stadium in Hamrun.
The Nationalist mass meeting was held
in Sir Adrian Dingli street in Sliema. Both
parties could boast of an amazing turnout
and comparisons on crowd size were dif-
ficult to make. Both meetings offered a
carpet of red and blue respectively. Robert
Abela was accompanied by his wife Lydia
and was in a suit and tie, Alex was more
casual in a shirt and accompanied by his
partner Sarah.
Abela's speech was focused on the choice
the country faced. "This is a choice be-
tween Alex Borg and Robert Abela," he
told the boisterous crowd. Alex Borg had
a longer speech and he reiterated that if he
was to be prime minister he would treat
everyone equally and he called on all un-
decided voters and unsure Nationalists to
cast their vote for the PN.
This is the last mass meeting before the
closing mass meeting that will be held on
Thursday with both parties attempting
to attract young voters with a line up of
international musicians. Labour will be
holding a mass meeting at the Granaries
in Floriana and the Nationalist party will
be organising their mass meeting at Luxol
in Pembroke.
Labour in Hamrun PN in Sliema
